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5A22.22 - Mechanical Electrometer

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​5A22.22 - Mechanical Electrometer

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Title5A22.22 - Mechanical Electrometer
Objective

Detect the presence of charge using a mechanical electroscope.

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Assembly Instructions

Instructions
Obtain equipment for the mechanical electroscope demonstration. Plug in a banana cable to the base of the electroscope and connect it to the aluminum grounding plate. Connect the aluminum grounding plate to the ground using a grounding wire plug. Set up a camera on the electroscope.

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Operation Time5
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Operation Instructions

Charge the electroscope by transfering charge from a peizoelectric squeezer to the  brass plate on top of the electroscope.​ Watch the lever indicator move by electrostatic repulsion. 
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Analysis/Information

Overview

See Analysis pdf under Demonstration Photos and Movies.

This Analysis contains an algebraic discussion of how a mechanical electroscope works, specifically in a capacitor demonstration. 

Category5 Electricity and Magnetism
Subcategory5A - Electrostatics
Keywordselectrostatics, static electricity, amount of charge, electroscopes
Construction Information
 
  
  
grounding plate with grounding plug
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electroscope - various types